Man With Gun Arrested Aboard Amtrak Train – St. Louis
September 3, 2008 by national
Filed under Stories of Interest
A man in his 20s was arrested Monday morning after he boarded an Amtrak train with a gun, police said.
Police say a passenger alerted police that a man had carried what was thought to be a gun aboard the train. After the discovery, the train, which had been near the McKinley Bridge, returned to the Amtrak station in St. Louis.
Police seized a gun from the man and found ammunition in his backpack.
The man, whose identity was not available, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon.
